Readingmodule.pptVIP

Reading module3 Discussion: 1 Have you ever experienced a _________? thunderstorm/ flood/ hurricane/ tornado 2 Do you know anything about the disasters? Try to describe it. 9月25日，暴风雨即将到来，海南省琼海天空一片昏暗。  Typhoon is on its way, the trees…, the sky… During the typhoon, the car…, the road…, the man… 9月26日，强台风“达维”登陆海南岛，台风对海口造成严重影响，海口滨海路二十多棵大树被连根拔起。 After typhoon, the village…, the sea birds… 台风达维造成琼粤桂三省区683万人受灾 2005年09月28日10:45 新华网 　　新华网北京9月28日电 (记者姚润丰) 记者27日从国家防汛抗旱总指挥部获悉，今年第18号台风“达维”给海南、广东、广西等地部分地区带来严重的灾害。初步统计显示，这次台风共造成海南、广东、广西三省区受灾人口683万人，因灾死亡9人，农作物受灾面积817.9千公顷，成灾298.6千公顷，房屋倒塌2万多间。 Activity 1: listening Choose the best answer: What is a current? A kind of electricity A movement of water A kind of wind 2) What kind of things flow? Water b) time c) money 3) If two places are on the same latitude, they are on the same line _____. a) east/ west b) north/ south Step 2: reading 1 passage 1: tornado Answer the questions 1– 4 in activity 2. 2 passage 2: hurricane Answer the questions 5and 6 3 passage 3: an extraordinary event …… questions 7 and 8 Bad results The worst example Phenomena Place How often Definition Hurricane Tornado rotating, column of air, with winds of 400km Strong tropical storms, winds of 120km, or more on average, 800 six Atlantic US, from Texas to South Dakota Southern Atlantic, Caribean, Gulf of Mexico pick up/ put … down/ take…off /destroy /leave In 1925 affect three US states 700 people/ 2700 cause / waves/ rain /floods On the 8th September 1900 killed 6000 /37000 destroyed 3600 台风达维造成琼粤桂三省区683万人受灾 2005年09月28日10:45 新华网 　　新华网北京9月28日电 (记者姚润丰) 记者27日从国家防汛抗旱总指挥部获悉，今年第18号台风“达维”给海南、广东、广西等地部分地区带来严重的灾害。初步统计显示，这次台风共造成海南、广东、广西三省区受灾人口683万人，因灾死亡9人，农作物受灾面积817.9千公顷，成灾298.6千公顷，房屋倒塌2万多间。 Translation Typhoon dawei cause